Standard Workweek. (a) The standard workweek shall consist of 35 hours of work on any five consecutive days. The workday shall consist of seven hours per day. (b) The Union and the Employer recognize that there exist various versions of a modified workweek concept, which average 35 hours per week, all of which have been approved by the Labour Standards Branch. It is understood that such cases are exceptions to Clause 16.1(a) only in respect to the 35 hour limitation, and the seven hour per day limitation. (c) When employees are scheduled to work Saturday or Sunday, the following criteria shall apply: (1) Effective February 9, 2001, new positions created and vacant positions may include Saturday and/or Sunday as a regular workday. (2) No regular employee hired prior to February 9, 2001, shall be required to work Saturday or Sunday as a regular workday, unless the employee is currently scheduled to work Saturday or Sunday, or is successful in posting into a position which has been posted in accordance with (3) below. (3) The parties agree that new positions created and vacant positions shall state the current consecutive days of work. This will not preclude the Employer from changing the days of work to a different work schedule, based on operational needs, for those employees hired after July 1, 2015. (4) No employee shall be laid off or have their hours of work reduced as a result of this article. (5) Employees hired prior to March 14, 2005 shall receive a premium of one additional hour of pay for all regularly scheduled work on Saturday and Sunday. (d) The modified workweek plan(s) shall not result in increased compensation to an employee. (e) Guidelines on modified workweek schedules are available on the Human Resources website.
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Standard Workweek. β
(a) The standard workweek shall consist of 35 hours of work on any five consecutive days. The workday shall consist of seven hours per day.
(b) The Union and the Employer recognize that there exist various versions of a modified workweek concept, which average 35 hours per week, all of which have been approved by the Labour Standards Branch. It is understood that such cases are exceptions to Clause 16.1(a) only in respect to the 35 hour limitation, and the seven hour per day limitation.
(c) When employees are scheduled to work Saturday or Sunday, the following criteria shall apply:
(1) Effective February 9, 2001, new positions created and vacant positions may include Saturday and/or Sunday as a regular workday.
(2) No regular employee hired prior to February 9, 2001, shall be required to work Saturday or Sunday as a regular workday, unless the employee is currently scheduled to work Saturday or Sunday, or is successful in posting into a position which has been posted in accordance with (3) below.
(3) The parties agree that new positions created and vacant positions shall state the current consecutive days of work. This will not preclude the Employer from changing the days of work to a different work schedule, based on operational needs, for those employees hired after July 1, 2015.
(4) No employee shall be laid off or have their hours of work reduced as a result of this article.
(5) Employees hired prior to March 14, 2005 shall receive a premium of one additional hour of pay for all regularly scheduled work on Saturday and Sunday.
(d) The modified workweek plan(s) shall not result in increased compensation to an employee.
(e) Guidelines on modified workweek schedules are available on the Human Resources website.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
